Fall River vs Somerset

A side-by-side comparison of Fall River and Somerset: population, income, housing, and more.

Fall River and Somerset are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Fall River has the higher population (93,764 vs 18,246 in Somerset). Somerset has the higher median household income ($111,720 vs $53,933 in Fall River). Somerset has the higher median home value ($389,400 vs $357,800 in Fall River).

Population, income & housing

	Fall River	Somerset
Population	93,764	18,246
Median age	39.0 yrs	47.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,933	$111,720
Median home value	$357,800	$389,400
Median gross rent	$1,086	$1,313
Housing units	44,359	7,587
Homeownership rate	36.3%	84.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	37.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fall River	Somerset
Population	89,388 → 93,764 (+4.9%)	18,165 → 18,246 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$43,503 → $53,933 (+24.0%)	$84,115 → $111,720 (+32.8%)
Median home value	$242,200 → $357,800 (+47.7%)	$279,200 → $389,400 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $1,086 (+35.1%)	$1,132 → $1,313 (+16.0%)

Fall River

Population

89,38893,764

Median household income

$43,503$53,933

Median home value

$242,200$357,800

Median gross rent

$804$1,086

Somerset

Population

18,16518,246

Median household income

$84,115$111,720

Median home value

$279,200$389,400

Median gross rent

$1,132$1,313

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fall River	Somerset
Under 5	5.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	15.6%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.5%	4.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	10.7%
35 to 44	13.6%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.0%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	9.2%	12.3%
75 and over	6.6%	12.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fall River	Somerset
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	5.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fall River	Somerset
No high school diploma	23.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	34.2%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fall River	Somerset
Drove alone	72.4%	84.9%
Carpooled	14.6%	3.9%
Public transit	1.3%	0.2%
Walked	3.9%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	10.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fall River	Somerset
1-unit, detached	22.9%	81.8%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	44.4%	10.3%
5 to 19 units	20.4%	3.2%
20 or more units	9.7%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	1.3%

Poverty & households

	Fall River	Somerset
Poverty rate	20.9%	5.0%
Average household size	2.21	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	1945	1961